Improvement in gas-burners



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HENRY B. MYER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Leners raam No. 83,876, me November 1o, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN GAS-BURNERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters` Patent and making of the lame.

To all lwhom fit may conce/ru:

Be it known that l, HENRY B. MYER, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gas-Burners and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, in whichl Figure l is a perspective view of my improved gas- .burner as composed partly of metal and partly oi glass;

" Figure 2, a sectional view of the*l same.

Figure 3 represents a perspective and a sectional view of a lower tip or burner detached, the saine being intended to be inserted at pleasure in place of one like D in fig. 2, E, in tig. 6, or l', in iig. 7.

Figure 4, -a perspective view of a metal burner.

Figure 5, an enlarged sectional view of the inside table or stand.

Figure 6, a sectional View of the bin'ner represented in fig. 4, showing the internal valve employed.

Figure 7, a perspective view of a burner, the body of which is of glass, the upper and lower tips being either of lava or metal, attached to the glass body by cement, or in any substantial manner.

My improvements consist, iirst, of a gas-burner composed wholly or partly of glass; second, of an internal valve; and third, of a lower tip with side apertures, as hereinafter described. v

1n gs. l and 2, A is a glass tube forming the body ofthe burner. lt is attached at one end to the metallic base B, andat the other end to the metallic crown C.

J is an -adjustable tip, of metal or lava, let into the crown'G, or screwed into said crown, as shown in iig. 2.

The base, B, is made separable at m, to facilitate access to the enclosed parts of the burner.

K, rigs. 1, 2 and 5, is a valve of peculiar construction. [t consists of a circular metallic plate, u, forming a table, made a very little less in diameter than the, bore of the tube A, so as to be free to slide up and down therein.

The table n is attached to legs o, which are of about the lengthshown in iig. 2. The legs o may, however, be made longer or shorter, without materially impairing the ciciency of the valve.

The table n isprovided with a central aperture, H, which is covered or obstructed with gauze disks, or disks of perforated metal, F, placed above and below the plate u, as shown in fig. 5, and joined by iine wires G, on which the disks are free to move vertically.

The wires Gare fastened suficiently by simply bending over their ends.

When the lower tip D is in place, as shown in iig. 2, the gas passes through the end aperture or apertures therein, (it or they being of about one-half or two-thirds the capacity of the exit-aperture or apertures in the upper tip J The lower -tip D is, however, provided with one or more side apertures E', and when it is desired to increase the iow of gas through the lower tip D, this tip is loosened in its socket, by partly unscrewing it, when the gas at once escapes through the side aperture or apertures E. These side apertures are seen in iigs. 2, 3, and 6. -The gas, escaping thus through the lower tip D, iig. 2, passes through the lower gauze disk Ffthe aperture H, and the upper gauze disk F,'and thence passes out through the upper tip at the point of consumption.

Then the gauze disks described are not sufiicient, in consequence of the strong head of gas, to prevent blowing-j introduce additional gauze o r perforated disks, suficient in number to prevent the blowing.

` These additional disks rest on the top ofthe upper disk F, as shown in iig. 2. They are got into place by unscrewing the base of the burner, and withdrawing the valve K, while they (the additional disks) are being introduced.

Figs. 4 and 6 represent a gas-burner with ametallic body, instead 'of the glass body marked A in iigs. l and 2.

In fig. 6, .the valve K isa modification ofthe valve K ofgs. l, 2, and 5. This valve K is similar to the valve K, omitting the legs o. y if desired, the valve K may be employed instead of the valve K. I think it preferable to locate the valve K in about the relative position it occupies in iig. 6.

Vvlhen the valve is constructed in the form marked K', fig. 7, I secure it in the body of the burner, at the desired place o r' location, by iirst inserting an open or cut ring s', then introducing the valve, and iinally inserting another open ring s. This mode answers well, but any other desired mode may be employed.

Haxing thus described my invention,

I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination of the upper tip J, metallic crown C, glass body A, valve K or K', a lower tip with side aperture or apertures' E' therein, and base, B', all constructed substantially as shown and described.

HENRY B. MYER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE E. BUCKLEY, W. A. A. MGKINLEY. 

